Aravosis: Republicans Are Engaged In War Against Facts, Freedom, And Democracy

John Aravosis, founder of Americablog, has a compelling piece on his site, “Majority of Republicans Want to Impeach Obama Because They Hate America.” He lays out a reasonable case, highlighting that the GOP’s only goal, it seems, is acquiring power, even at the expense of democracy. To reach their goals, they have launched an ongoing war against American institutions. According to Aravosis:

Republicans hate facts, and they loathe reality. Reality, you see, has a liberal bias. If we let judges rule, citizens vote, journalists report, students study, and scientists research – all independently – for some strange reason they keep coming up with conclusions that, more often than not, go against the GOP….

So, Republicans try to intimidate the judges, steal the vote, create their own faux news network, and then brither, truther, and climate-changer any and every scientific result possible. That’s why a GOP state official in Missouri is trying to redefine, by legislative fiat, the word “scientific theory” to include “faith-based philosophy.” This way, priests can call themselves “scientists,” and creationism immediately becomes “science.”

The GOP is in 24-hour attack mode, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. And their victim isn’t just Democrats, it’s democracy itself.

You can read the entire piece here. I happen to agree with Aravosis. The facts back up his opinion and this nation needs a new party or a new GOP — for the current one is undeniably sick and a serious threat to the nation’s health.

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Wayne Besen is the Founding Executive Director of Truth Wins Out and author of “Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth” (Haworth, 2003). In 2010, Besen was awarded the “Visionary Award” at the Out Music Awards for organizing the American Prayer Hour, an event which shined a spotlight on the role American evangelicals played in the introduction of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill.

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5 Comments

I believe the term “truther” was originally coined to refer to 9/11 conspiracy theorists, who are mostly on the left. (Which is not to say Aravosis isn’t spot on about everything else)

DanielFebruary 13, 2013 at 1:50 pm -

I think “truthers” are on all sides of the political landscape. “Birthers” are only on the right.

SteveFebruary 14, 2013 at 10:56 am -

The Republicans are a fascist party. It’s as simple as that. They are the equivalent to European far-right nationalist and neo-Nazi parties. The Democrats are center-right, moderate conservatives.

JonnaFebruary 22, 2013 at 2:20 pm -

Steve, Are you just plain stupid or do you have a special category of it in your pea brain? Just because you say something does NOT make it so. “Republicans are a facist party”… you have GOT to be kidding me!!!

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